Freddie Kitchens: We need kicker “that can put the ball between the two yellow poles”

Posted by Josh Alper on August 18, 2019, 4:39 PM EDT

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The Browns aren’t happy with how their kickers have performed in the preseason.

Greg Joseph and Austin Siebert each missed field goals from beyond 50 yards in Saturday’s game against the Colts and head coach Freddie Kitchens said on a Sunday conference call that the Browns “need somebody that can put the ball between the two yellow poles.”

Kitchens was asked if there may be an issue with the holding on kicks, but made it clear his issue is with the kickers above all else.

“I don’t know about that,” Kitchens said, via Cleveland.com. “I know this, it didn’t go through the upright. I know there are no excuses coming from that room. Their job is to put the ball through the upright. I don’t care who is holding. I can go out there and hold it for them, and it better go through the upright. That’s their job.”

Kitchens said that he and General Manager John Dorsey have discussed adding a kicker from outside the organization, so Cleveland may be one of the places where the kicking carousel spins ahead of Week One.

Too little value in guys that ultimately score a critical amount of points in the NFL. Seriously, why/how does critical value to winning a football game get so overlooked year after year. As a Browns fan, I know Phil Dawson kept us from going 0-16 for at 4-5yrs more than we did over the last 20yrs lol.

Mickey-1 says:
August 18, 2019 at 4:58 pm
You need a lot more than a kicker, Kitchens.
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Has this guy been under a rock all preseason?

I get that he’s frustrated but the kickers definitely weren’t the biggest issue. Maybe tell your backup offense to not get costly penalties that turn makeable field goals into kicks that would have been considered punt territory 10 years ago. Kickers are getting hurt more than ever because these new era head coaches suck at math. I mean how dare you not be able to accurately kick nearly 60 yards.